Dr Angela Maria Sophia Antonia Ofenheim
Personal Details
Dr Angela Maria Sophia Antonia Ofenheim MRCS LRCP FFARCS DA
Other family names and date of change: Born Von Ofenheim; changed to Ofenheim c.1920
30/03/1906 to 06/12/1992
Place of birth: Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 539524
Education and qualifications
| General education | Blackheath High School 1918-24 Medical School at King’s College Hospital 1925-31 |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MRCS Eng., LRCP Lond., 1931 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | DA (RCP&S), 1937 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation she was a house surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital Windsor followed in 1932 by Senior House Surgeon at the East Sussex Hospital in Hastings. From 1936 to 1937 she was Senior Resident Anaesthetist at the General Hospital in Birmingham. In 1938 she was appointed Honorary Anaesthetist to St John’s Hospital in Lewisham, Anaesthetist to the Invalid and Crippled Children’s Hospital in Plaistow, and Extra Anaesthetist to the South London Hospital for Women in Clapham. She also engaged in private practice on Harley Street, London. After the outbreak of the Second World War she provided anaesthesia in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) until 1946. Through 1944-45 her appointments expanded to include the Seamen’s Hospital, Greenwich and the London County Council (LCC) Hospitals. With the start of the NHS she became Consultant Anaesthetist to the Lewisham group of hospitals (first female consultant appointed there) and remained in this post until her retirement in 1970.
Professional interests and activities
She was a member of the British Medical Association and of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Other biographical information
The daughter of a Viennese consultant surgeon in London, she never married. Like him, she was a benefactor of many charities. As a young adult she enjoyed tennis, rowing, and big game hunting in Kenya. In middle age she changed to pheasant shooting. According to her obituary she also enjoyed music (competent violinist) and opera. Before retirement she bought a farm in East Sussex, which remained her home until her death at the age of 86 years.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Dr Ofenheim’s self submitted biographical college “Boulton form” dated 1988. [2] Emslie MJ. Obituary Angela Maria Sophia Antonia Ofenheim FFARCS. BMJ 1993; 306: 789. [3] Medical Registers and Directories. [4] ancestry.co.uk